| Gathering information about yourself
is an important part in making any career decision.
The career assessment inventories offered by the
Seaver College Career Center will allow you to further
explore your preferences, interests, skills or values.
This service is free for current Pepperdine students.
Schedule an appointment with a career counselor to
determine which assessment(s) might be right for you.
|
 |
Start
by asking yourself:
n
What
do you truly enjoy?
n
What
are you good at?
n
What
is really important to you?
n
What
are your motivations?
Once
you’ve answered these questions schedule an
appointment
with a Career Counselor to discuss how your interests,
goals, values, preferences and skills can be explored by a
self-assessment inventory.
Available Inventories:
|
Strong Interest
Inventory®
The Strong Interest Inventory
measures your interests in a wide range of
occupations, work and leisure activities, and
educational subjects. Your interests are compared to
thousands of individuals who report being happy and
successful in their jobs. If your interests are
similar to their interests, you may like doing what
they do. It is an excellent place to start a
conversation about career choice
|
 |
|
Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI®)
The MBTI assesses personal
preferences in four different areas. The combination
of these preferences can affect how comfortable you
may feel in a given career field. Although all of
the 16 personality preferences can be found across a
wide range of careers, people are often drawn to one
field over another based on their preferences. The
MBTI can assist with self-knowledge and can help in
choosing a career path that is more congruent with
who you are.
|
 |
|
KnowdellTM
Values Card Sort
Using forty-one career related
values, students assign each value card to one of
the five categories based on a hierarchy of the
importance of that value in their lives. Students
will create a values summary sheet which can be used
as they consider different occupational choices.
Occupations that allow a greater congruency with
their career values are typically more satisfying.
KnowdellTM
Skills Card Sort
Using fifty-one
transferable career skills, students assign each
skill card to one of the five categories according
to how much they enjoy using each skill. Students
will then organize these skill cards based on their
level of competency with each skill. Students can
use this as a guide to focus on occupations that
allow them to use their preferred skills. This also
allows them an opportunity to consider which skills
they would like to strengthen.
|
 |
|
